Which versions of Windows 7/8 are supported/best for Boot Camp 4/5?

Hello
As the title suggests, I'm a bit confused as to which versions of Windows 7 work with Boot Camp 4, or whichever ships with Mountain Lion (which one, 4 or 5, comes with ML 10.8.3?).
Mainly, I want to know if I can use an OEM copy, and what difference it makes to me, the end user, as opposed to a full license disk. Additionally, which service packs are supported? Eg, SP1 or SP2 or ...?
Lastly, and this is more of an opinion question, but is Windows 7 or 8 better suited to a Mac? I have 2.5 GHz i5 processor, 8GB RAM, ML 10.8.3, Macbook Pro 13-inch Mid-2012.

You can get a better idea of which version are supported by each Boot Camp version in this website > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5634?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
In general, Boot Camp 4 supports 32-bit Windows XP, and 32 and 64-bit Windows Vista and 7, and Boot Camp 5 supports 64-bit Windows 7 and 8 versions (in compatible computers).
You can use a OEM or System Builder license, always that you have bought it from a source like Amazon or NewEgg. If you are trying to use the copy you got from another PC, it won't work. Boot Camp supports Windows XP SP2 and later, so all service packs released after it are supported.
Windows 8 has been out for a few months and it has got a new interface. If you don't want to learn a new interface, go for Windows 7. Both versions will work properly on your computer, so it's a matter of personal choices

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4407
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odiggy's comment and tried restarting Boot Camp Assistant. That did the trick, even though the Auto Proxy Discovery checkbox ended up the same as it started. Windows support software is now downloading... if you're downloading to an external drive make sure there's a least 1 GB of free space because the WindowsSupport folder is around 700 MB and presumably will grow with time.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3223773?start=15
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Steve
MarkDissington wrote:
>
> We have a customer currently on GW2012 who is using the old Novell
> OpenOffice release (3.2.1-22 IIRC) to integrate with GroupWise
> Document Libraries. To cut a long story short it is not a rewarding
> experience for the customer and they want to switch to using
> Microsoft Office.
>
> So my question is simple - Which version(s) of Microsoft Office are
> -supported- by Novell to work with DMS integration for GroupWise 2012?
>
> I know they need to be 32bit for ODMA support to even exist but are we
> talking Office 2007/2010/2013, any of them or none? If nothing is
> supported any longer then why is DMS even included in GW2012? Moving
> them to Vibe would be a big ask.
> If this customer buys Microsoft Office and has issues using it with
> their GW system then we need to be able to raise an SR with Novell and
> not get a "that's not supported" answer.
>
> TIA,
> Mark.

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your signature says that you have a 'Mac Prio' ? I assume that is a Mac Pro.
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I have a MacBook Pro and I'd like to install Boot Camp onto it, but I need the proper version of Windows.
Some information?
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
Processor 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 MB
Also, the resolution is 1280 x 800. Thanks!

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